RAWALPINDI: The Lahore High Court (LHC) Rawalpindi bench on Tuesday referred three separate contempt of court petitions against former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf spokesperson Fawad Hassan Chaudhry to a larger bench of the court in Lahore.
As hearing started on Tuesday on the petition of a citizen Riaz Anjum, two more petitions were also filed including one against Shahid Abbasi by a Pakistan People’s Party local leader Malik Zaheer Arshad while another against Fawad Chaudhary of the PTI.
LHC judge Justice Saddaqt Ali Khan while giving the remarks said that as the contempt of court was one of the crucial and sensitive issues, therefore the court referring all three petitions to the LHC larger bench for further hearing.
On June 29, Riaz Anjum has filed a petition against the former prime minister, accusing him of committing contempt of court by using what he believes ‘derogatory language’ on the electronic media against an appellate election tribunal of the Lahore High Court.
